Seminars

By actively encouraging knowledge dissemination and discussion we hope to raise awareness about key ecological issues and build opportunities for collaboration among our partners.

Scheduled seminar sessions are broadcast by webinar on Mondays 1-2 pm, unless otherwise indicated. Each session runs for a total of one hour and includes time for questions. Sessions may involve multiple speakers giving shorter 'snapshot' style presentations. Note that the schedule is subject to change at short notice.

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Note that until further notice seminars will not be held at ARI and will only be accessible via webinar.

2020 ARI Research Seminar Series

The next seminar is scheduled for April 27th.

2020		Speaker(s) and subject
April	27th	Melissa Hatty (Monash University and ARI) *Who needs to do what differently: why behavioural science matters in biodiversity conservation* Register for the webinar to view this seminar live online
March	16th CANCELLED	Lesley Head (University of Melbourne) *Mass fish kills as a crisis of modern water: understanding hydrosocial change in the Murray-Darling Basin* This seminar will be rescheduled
February	24th	Richard Faulkner (ARI, Communication and Collaboration) *Conservation in the Kimberley - a perspective from working within an NGO* Renae Ayres (ARI, Population Processes) *Trees for fish: Angler Riparian Partnerships Program*

2019 ARI Research Seminar Series

Presentations that were part of our 2019 series.

2019		Speaker(s) and subject
December	18th Wednesday 2-3 pm	Fern Hames (ARI, Communication and Collaboration) *Antarctica Part II: Lessons in leadership*
November	18th	Josephine MacHunter and Nevil Amos (ARI, Fire Ecology) *FAME decision tools for biodiversity - a breakthrough in fire management* Ivor Stuart (ARI, Population Processes) *Restoring fish populations in the Murray-Darling Basin: future directions and perspectives*
October	7th	Dan Stoessel (ARI, Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation) *Understanding salinity tolerance of Murray Hardyhead to guide environmental water* Michael Scroggie (ARI, Wildlife Management) *Fragmentation and disturbance drive occurrence and persistence of grassland herpetofauna*
September	9th	Yael Rodger (Monash University) Genetic rescue of an endangered grassland daisy Rutidosis leptorrhynchoides Emma Barnett (Monash University) *How well do ex situ plant collections capture the genetic diversity of their founders?*
August	12th	Manisha Bhardwaj (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences) How is linear infrastructure (road & railway) impacting wildlife?
August	19th	Matthew Selinske (RMIT University) Prioritising human behaviour change for conservation in Victoria
July	8th 10:30 am	Uncle Dave Wandin (Wurundjeri Woi-wurrang Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation) Cultural burning
May	13th	Annette Muir (ARI, Fire Ecology) *Does fire interval, fire severity or weather affect Hairpin Banksia persistence?* Luke Collins (ARI postdoctoral, Community Ecology and La Trobe University) *Are eucalypt forests resilient to regimes of frequent high severity fire?*
May	27th	Michael Whitehead (University of Melbourne) *Linking pollinator behaviour and floral evolution*
April	15th	Phil Papas (ARI, Riparian and Wetland Ecology) *Measuring ecological responses to the restoration of water regimes in wetlands* Geoff Heard (ARI, Wildlife Management) *Sixteen years of Growling Grass Frog research on Melbourne's urban fringe: where to next?*
April	29th	Amy Edwards (La Trobe University, School of Life Sciences) *Maternal sex allocation: tales of the controlling mother, the changing climate and rainbow-coloured sperm* Caleb McElrea (University of Melbourne) *The echidna phallus: a four-pronged approach*
March	4th	Tarmo Raadik (ARI, Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation) *Barriers benefiting biodiversity* Lyndsey Vivian (ARI, Riparian and Wetlands) *Moira grass plains at Barmah Forest*
March	25th	Bob Wong (Monash University, Behavioural Ecology Research Group) *Behavioural responses to a changing world: evolutionary and ecological consequences*
February	18th	Lachlan Francis (ARI, Predator Management) Predator control on Macquarie Island & Conservation benefits of feral cat management on Bruny Island